Do officers of the Drug Enforcement Administration have to go through customs when they enter the country?

Perhaps not, if actor Alec Baldwin is to be believed.

Baldwin, who is in London this summer shooting his next movie, ran into a Bull’s Eye spy at Sautter of Mayfair, on Mount Street in London. For those of you who are aficionados, Sautter of Mayfair is a purveyor of fine cigars.

Including Cuban cigars.

Baldwin told Bull’s Eye that while he was shopping there one June morning, he was joined there by Asa Hutchinson, head of the U.S. D.E.A. – who bought a box of Cuban cigars.

It is entirely possible that Hutchinson intended to smoke the stogies on his trip overseas, because he certainly must know it’s illegal to import genuine Havanas into the United States.

By the way, Baldwin fans – and we know there must be at least one or two of you out there – will be happy to hear that he has slimmed down considerably. He disclosed that he picked up a smoking habit when he put himself on a diet. So he looks great, and we’ll all worry about his lungs later.